Employment Law For Businesses
Employers have a responsibility to their staff to ensure that working practices are compliant with current employee legal rights and employer responsibilities.
Not only does this help minimise the legal risks an employer can face, but it also assists in motivating staff thereby increasing productivity.
Our employment law team understand that the relationship between an employer and employee can at times be stressful, costly and time-consuming. We provide specialist and practical employment law advice to assist your organisation with its employment issues.
It may be that you simply require a sense check on a specific issue, or it may be that you would like us to provide a complete solution to a difficult situation that has arisen.
We have an experienced employment law team who can provide advice and practical support to employers of all sizes and in all sectors. The advice we provide is commercial, cost-effective and tailored to suit the needs of your business.
We can offer advice on the following areas:
- Redundancy – how to effectively deal with the process of making staff members redundant and explaining the process. Producing Settlement Agreements and dealing on the company’s behalf.
- Producing staff handbooks and accompanying policies and procedures together with staff contracts.
- Dealing with staff members returning from long term absence and how best to manage the return for example making reasonable adjustments in the case of disability.
- Advising on how best to deal with flexible working requests.
- Supporting the business regarding mergers or take overs and explaining the procedure around Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employees) Regulations (TUPE transfers) in relation to existing staff members.
- Enforcement of restrictive covenants following a staff member leaving the business.
- Advising on disciplinary or grievance processes including providing guidance on how best to manage the procedure.
- Providing advice and support to businesses faced with Employment Tribunal claims to include dealing with the ACAS early conciliation process and representation.
Our Fees
Where possible, we will agree a fixed fee with you for the matter, or quote for the work in stages, giving you an overall fee estimate and likely timescales. We would first have an initial discussion with you about the specific facts of your case to allow us to better understand your requirements and the complexity of the matter, then provide you with our fee quote.
Our fees in general are based on our hourly charge rates for each matter. Our hourly charge rates (plus VAT at 20% where stated) are as follows:
- Director – £250 + VAT per hour
- Associate – £230 + VAT per hour
- Solicitor – £220 + VAT per hour
- Trainee Solicitor – £180 + VAT per hour
- Paralegal – £180 + VAT per hour
For more complex matters such as handling an unfair dismissal case, the following are the potential fees for handling your case all the way up to a Tribunal/Court hearing and for attending the hearing:
| Complexity of Case | Our Fee Range | Our Fees for attending a Tribunal/Court hearing (per day) |
| Simple Case | £5,000 to £8,000 (plus VAT at 20%) | £1,500 (plus VAT at 20%) |
| Medium complexity Case | £8,000 to £15,000 (plus VAT at 20%) | £1,850 (plus VAT at 20%) |
| High complexity Case | £15,000 to £20,000 (plus VAT at 20%) | £2,500 (plus VAT at 20%) |
You may also be required to pay Barrister’s fees for their involvement in the matter and time at a Tribunal/Court hearing.
It is common for claims to settle before they reach the Tribunal/Court hearing stage and therefore the fees could be lower depending on the stage reached before settlement is agreed.
Contact Us
For further information on our services or to speak to one of our employment team, please telephone us on 01905 900919, complete our contact form or email Liz Watt, Solicitor at liz@bradleyhayneslaw.co.uk.